It has been quite a while since we have last checked out the hawker centre at Tekka Centre — our last visit there was actually made before the food centre had been closed for their renovation and repair works that had seen the food centre closed for a period of time. It does seem that the food centre had seen a bit of movement when it came to the stalls that are operate within; quite evident would be in the area where most of the Chinese-run stalls are being situated at — some of which being occupied by stalls that serve up Indian cuisine. Was passing through the food centre and noticed that Yong Sheng Cooked Food seemed to look a little different than what we knew it to be in the past — the stall which used to serve up mixed economy rice had since stopped selling what they had used to offer; the stall is now being converted into a dessert stall with the name “scoops & sweets.” being pasted over the display case where dishes available was being prominently shown previously. Being a stall that is focused very much on serving up local desserts, scoops and sweets. offer pretty much the standard variety of hot and cold desserts that one can expect in a hawker centre setting — think items like the Ice Ice Kachang, Burbur Cha Cha, Chinese Cheng Tng, Warm Tau Suan and many more.

Being folks whom absolutely can’t give a good Chendol a miss, it is needless to say that the first agenda on the list was to give their Chill ‘In Chendol a try after spotting it being listed on the menu. Whilst not all menu items do carry a naming with a twist, it is interesting how they have done that for the Chendol at least — they also describe the Chill ‘In Chendol to be “Flavourful and Homemade” on the menu as well. We were originally not too impressed with how the Chendol Jelly looked when we had noticed the bucket containing it behind the counter; it looked a little bit bright and somewhat commercially-made though we might be wrong with this. Digging in to the Chill ‘In Chendol though, our impression of the entire dessert changed — this does seem like one of those Chendol out there that aces on the entire deal, but just simply on one element. No doubt the shaved ice does come with a consistent texture — the red beans are earthy and also came with a good bite to balance in between those that prefer their red beans in the Chendol to be less “mashed up”; not too sweet whilst at it as well. The highlight to us for the entire bowl was the Gula Melaka; there was definitely sufficient Gula Melaka drizzled that came with it to go around the entire bowl — just thick, gloopy and rich with a deep, earthy and caramel-y note that was oh-so-good. At $2.50; it’s a pretty reasonably priced offering that works for that wallet-friendly after-meal sweet treat — most definitely with checking out especially if around three Little India area!